😳🔥The Western US on Monday marked another day of hot, dry, and windy weather as crews from California to New Mexico battled wildfires that had forced hundreds of people to leave their homes.
Several hundred homes on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Arizona, were evacuated, and the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort was closed as a precaution because of a wildfire - the second to hit the area this year.
“It's literally like déjà vu,” said Coconino County Sheriff's spokesman Jon Paxton. "We are in the same exact spot doing the same exact thing as we were a month and a half ago. People are tired.” The number of square miles burned so far this year is more than double the 10-year national average, and states like New Mexico already have set records with devastating blazes that have destroyed hundreds of homes while causing environmental damage that is expected to affect future water supplies.
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Several hundred homes on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Arizona, were evacuated, and the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort was closed as a precaution because of a wildfire - the second to hit the area this year.
“It's literally like déjà vu,” said Coconino County Sheriff's spokesman Jon Paxton. "We are in the same exact spot doing the same exact thing as we were a month and a half ago. People are tired.” The number of square miles burned so far this year is more than double the 10-year national average, and states like New Mexico already have set records with devastating blazes that have destroyed hundreds of homes while causing environmental damage that is expected to affect future water supplies.
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🔎Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed a bill that allows school staff to be armed with reduced training and other measures meant to boost school security.
The Ohio Senate passed House Bill 99 on June 1 with a 23-9 vote. It was sent back to the House, where it passed with a 56-34 vote.
The bill creates the Ohio Mobile Training Team, which would consist of licensed regional peace officers and armed forces veterans to partner with local schools to improve school safety and security services.
The training must consist of 24 hours of initial instruction, followed by eight annual hours, and include topics such as mitigation techniques. School boards may require more training and will have to notify parents if school personnel is authorized to be armed. School personnel that is armed will get an annual criminal background check.
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The Ohio Senate passed House Bill 99 on June 1 with a 23-9 vote. It was sent back to the House, where it passed with a 56-34 vote.
The bill creates the Ohio Mobile Training Team, which would consist of licensed regional peace officers and armed forces veterans to partner with local schools to improve school safety and security services.
The training must consist of 24 hours of initial instruction, followed by eight annual hours, and include topics such as mitigation techniques. School boards may require more training and will have to notify parents if school personnel is authorized to be armed. School personnel that is armed will get an annual criminal background check.
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🧐🔹The chairman of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol told reporters Monday that the board will not issue any criminal referral against former President Donald Trump or anyone else to the Justice Department, a claim that met swift pushback from members of the panel.
"No, you know, we're going to tell the facts. If the Department of Justice looks at it and assumes that there's something that needs further review, I'm sure they'll do it," Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson said.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said earlier Monday that he plans to watch all of the committee's hearings, and that prosecutors handling criminal cases stemming from the insurrection are also watching.
"I am watching, and I will be watching all the hearings, although I may not be able to watch all of it live," Garland said. "But I will be sure that I am watching all of it.
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"No, you know, we're going to tell the facts. If the Department of Justice looks at it and assumes that there's something that needs further review, I'm sure they'll do it," Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson said.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said earlier Monday that he plans to watch all of the committee's hearings, and that prosecutors handling criminal cases stemming from the insurrection are also watching.
"I am watching, and I will be watching all the hearings, although I may not be able to watch all of it live," Garland said. "But I will be sure that I am watching all of it.
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🌪📢Tornado sirens sound off in Chicago as severe weather strikes
Damage reports were being tallied Monday evening after heavy rains and high winds hit the Chicago area, forecasters said.
“A lot of the damage has been tree damage, but certainly whenever there are large trees down, that means it’s possible that trees came down on houses and cars in the city and in the suburbs,” said Ricky Castro, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Castro said there were reports of 84 mph wind gusts at O’Hare International Airport and a structural collapse in Bellwood.
As the severe weather leaves, extreme heat will follow. Temperatures in the high 90s will hit Chicago on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Damage reports were being tallied Monday evening after heavy rains and high winds hit the Chicago area, forecasters said.
“A lot of the damage has been tree damage, but certainly whenever there are large trees down, that means it’s possible that trees came down on houses and cars in the city and in the suburbs,” said Ricky Castro, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Castro said there were reports of 84 mph wind gusts at O’Hare International Airport and a structural collapse in Bellwood.
As the severe weather leaves, extreme heat will follow. Temperatures in the high 90s will hit Chicago on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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🔎Toronto Van Attacker Who Killed 11 Sentenced to Life, Court Rules
Alek Minassian, responsible for the 2018 Toronto van attack that left 11 dead and injured 16 other pedestrians, was sentenced to life in prison, the Superior Court of Toronto ruled on Monday.
"Mr. Minassian. Please stand. On count 1, I sentence you to a life segmented. You will not be eligible for parole until 25 years have passed," Justice Anne Molloy said at the hearing, as quoted by The Global News Toronto.
On April 23, 2018, then 25-year-old Minassian drove a van along a sidewalk through one of Toronto’s busiest pedestrian corridors for over a mile. In March 2021, Minassian was found guilty on all counts. During the hearing, Molloy said Minassian was admittedly guided by incel ideology - an online subculture of so-called "involuntary celibates" unable to find a romantic or sexual partner and espouses hostile views towards sexually active members of the public.
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Alek Minassian, responsible for the 2018 Toronto van attack that left 11 dead and injured 16 other pedestrians, was sentenced to life in prison, the Superior Court of Toronto ruled on Monday.
"Mr. Minassian. Please stand. On count 1, I sentence you to a life segmented. You will not be eligible for parole until 25 years have passed," Justice Anne Molloy said at the hearing, as quoted by The Global News Toronto.
On April 23, 2018, then 25-year-old Minassian drove a van along a sidewalk through one of Toronto’s busiest pedestrian corridors for over a mile. In March 2021, Minassian was found guilty on all counts. During the hearing, Molloy said Minassian was admittedly guided by incel ideology - an online subculture of so-called "involuntary celibates" unable to find a romantic or sexual partner and espouses hostile views towards sexually active members of the public.
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🇺🇸🇦🇫 US airmen tasked with the rushed evacuation from Afghanistan last August were acting “in compliance with applicable rules of engagement” and are not responsible for the tragic deaths associated with the operation, the US Air Force concluded in a Monday release, citing two monthslong probes on the matter.
▪️ US Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said the twin investigations into the tarmac deaths found that crew members “exercised sound judgment in their decision to get airborne as quickly as possible when faced with an unprecedented and rapidly deteriorating security situation.”
▪️ US military officials evacuating civilians from *Taliban-seized Kabul on August 16, 2021, were seen taking off from Hamid Karzai International Airport as a number of Afghans on the tarmac pleaded for a seat and even hopped on the exterior of the C-17 Globemaster III. Hours later, human remains were discovered in a wheel well of the cargo plane.
* The Taliban is an organization sanctioned by the United Nations for terrorist activities.
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▪️ US Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said the twin investigations into the tarmac deaths found that crew members “exercised sound judgment in their decision to get airborne as quickly as possible when faced with an unprecedented and rapidly deteriorating security situation.”
▪️ US military officials evacuating civilians from *Taliban-seized Kabul on August 16, 2021, were seen taking off from Hamid Karzai International Airport as a number of Afghans on the tarmac pleaded for a seat and even hopped on the exterior of the C-17 Globemaster III. Hours later, human remains were discovered in a wheel well of the cargo plane.
* The Taliban is an organization sanctioned by the United Nations for terrorist activities.
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📹 Russia’s MoD has published footage of the combat work of military topographers and Iskander missile crews.
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🤔 Another emergency in the US on its way?
👩🦰 First, it was baby formula. Now, the latest supply chain issue complicating daily life for women across America is a nationwide tampon shortage, set against a backdrop of rising consumer prices due to inflation.
🥴 Social media users have been posting about their experiences as they struggle to find sanitary products.
😳 The shortage is also adding to concerns that supply chain disruptions could further push up prices for essential goods around the world.
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👩🦰 First, it was baby formula. Now, the latest supply chain issue complicating daily life for women across America is a nationwide tampon shortage, set against a backdrop of rising consumer prices due to inflation.
🥴 Social media users have been posting about their experiences as they struggle to find sanitary products.
😳 The shortage is also adding to concerns that supply chain disruptions could further push up prices for essential goods around the world.
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A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called How to Murder Your Husband was sentenced on Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at his workplace in Portland four years ago.
Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, was convicted of second-degree murder on 25 May after a seven-week trial. Her sentence Monday includes the possibility of parole after 25 years in custody.
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Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, was convicted of second-degree murder on 25 May after a seven-week trial. Her sentence Monday includes the possibility of parole after 25 years in custody.
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📹 Russia’s MoD has published footage showing the combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft.
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⚡️ MoD: Russian forces hit multiple Ukrainian Grad rocket launchers with high-precision missiles
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❗️ The Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed an AFU arsenal of artillery weapons and ammunition in Chernigov region using high-precision, long-range Kalibr missiles.
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have hit 11 areas where Ukrainian troops and military equipment were concentrated, as well as 8 AFU artillery unit firing positions, including 3 platoons of Grad multiple-launch rocket systems in the DPR, and 2 ammunition depots on the southern outskirts of Kharkov and in the LPR using high-precision air-based missiles.
▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 101 areas of AFU troop and military equipment concentration.
▪️ Russian air defence units have shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR and 1 Mi-24 helicopter in Nikolaev region.
▪️ Missile troops and artillery have hit 280 areas of AFU troop and military equipment concentration, 18 command posts, 59 firing positions of artillery and mortar units, as well as a fuel depot in the DPR.
▪️ Some 202 Ukrainian airplanes and 131 helicopters, 1,205 unmanned aerial vehicles, 338 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,548 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 521 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,947 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,605 special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the operation.
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▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed an AFU arsenal of artillery weapons and ammunition in Chernigov region using high-precision, long-range Kalibr missiles.
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have hit 11 areas where Ukrainian troops and military equipment were concentrated, as well as 8 AFU artillery unit firing positions, including 3 platoons of Grad multiple-launch rocket systems in the DPR, and 2 ammunition depots on the southern outskirts of Kharkov and in the LPR using high-precision air-based missiles.
▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 101 areas of AFU troop and military equipment concentration.
▪️ Russian air defence units have shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR and 1 Mi-24 helicopter in Nikolaev region.
▪️ Missile troops and artillery have hit 280 areas of AFU troop and military equipment concentration, 18 command posts, 59 firing positions of artillery and mortar units, as well as a fuel depot in the DPR.
▪️ Some 202 Ukrainian airplanes and 131 helicopters, 1,205 unmanned aerial vehicles, 338 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,548 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 521 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,947 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,605 special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the operation.
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📹 A resident of Donetsk tells the story of his salvation. A neighbour's cats saved him from death.
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⚡️ Kremlin slams shelling of Donbass by Ukrainian forces as barbaric
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⚡️ European Commission to announce decision on Ukraine's possible EU candidacy on Friday
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📹 The Donetsk City Water Utility plant, shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was bottling drinking water, some of which was sent to the Russian military along the front lines in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
A local resident who witnessed the shelling said that the Donetsk City Water Utility building was also shelled in 2014, although the shells were smaller then. Now the Ukrainian army uses 155mm M777 howitzers, which are virtually silent – “only rustling can be heard”. According to the man, a total of seven shells hit in the vicinity of the Donetsk City Water Utility plant.
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A local resident who witnessed the shelling said that the Donetsk City Water Utility building was also shelled in 2014, although the shells were smaller then. Now the Ukrainian army uses 155mm M777 howitzers, which are virtually silent – “only rustling can be heard”. According to the man, a total of seven shells hit in the vicinity of the Donetsk City Water Utility plant.
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❗️ Serbia cannot import oil from Russia from November 1 due to EU sanctions - Vucic
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🤔 White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that US President Joe Biden will seek reelection in 2024, denying claims that his age could pose a problem.
💬 "What I can say is the President has repeatedly said that he plans to run in 2024, and I'm gonna have to leave it there … All I can say is that the President intends to do what the President plans to do", Jean-Pierre told CNN.
▪️ The official assured that the administration is not focused on the age issue and the president’s priority is working for the benefit of American people and improving their lives.
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💬 "What I can say is the President has repeatedly said that he plans to run in 2024, and I'm gonna have to leave it there … All I can say is that the President intends to do what the President plans to do", Jean-Pierre told CNN.
▪️ The official assured that the administration is not focused on the age issue and the president’s priority is working for the benefit of American people and improving their lives.
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📹 Watch the consequences of the Ukrainian shelling of Maysky market in Donetsk - three people killed, four more wounded.
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🌐 The US military and government cyber agencies have remotely stolen more than 97 billion pieces of global internet data and 124 billion phone records in the last 30 days, which are becoming a major source of intelligence for the US and other "Five Eyes" countries, a latest cybersecurity report showed.
😳 The report the Global Times obtained from Anzer, a cybersecurity information platform, on Monday, once again revealed the "black hand" operations of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), the cyber warfare intelligence agency under the US National Security Agency (NSA), which has been using advanced cyberattack weapons to indiscriminately "grab" data from internet users around the world.
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😳 The report the Global Times obtained from Anzer, a cybersecurity information platform, on Monday, once again revealed the "black hand" operations of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), the cyber warfare intelligence agency under the US National Security Agency (NSA), which has been using advanced cyberattack weapons to indiscriminately "grab" data from internet users around the world.
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